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VISTA  The Vista Unified School District has bought more than 22,000 notebook computers over the past few years — more than the number of students enrolled in the district — and is now working to get teachers comfortable with the devices. About 250 Vista educators have been undergoing iPad ...

San Diego  Campaign disclosures submitted on Friday show fundraising should be highly competitive in several of next year’s San Diego city races, including city attorney and the pivotal District 1 City Council contest featuring Republican Ray Ellis and Democrat Barbara Bry. Ellis led Bry $177,000 to $149,000 in contributions ...

ENCINITAS  A suspected drunken driver died early Saturday after he stopped his car with the lights off on the freeway in Encinitas, and another car slammed into the back of it, the California Highway Patrol said. The 27-year-old San Diego man was driving north on Interstate 5 approaching Leucadia ...

ESCONDIDO  A partnership between the Escondido Union School District and the Escondido Police Department to provide crossing guards at busy school intersections was abruptly canceled this week by the city’s police chief, according to school district Superintendent Luis Ibarra. In a letter to Mayor Sam Abed, City Manager Clay ...

ENCINITAS  The local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the city of Encinitas, arguing a municipal limit on yard signs violates the public’s right to free speech. Encinitas’ sign ordinance — which restricts people from posting more than two temporary signs, except ...

CARLSBAD  Residents got a chance to review over a dozen options for improving the congested Interstate 5 and state Route 78 interchange during a meeting Thursday afternoon in Carlsbad. The meeting of a 12-member Community Working Group organized by Caltrans was the first of their gatherings opened to the ...

SAN MARCOS  California State University San Marcos is one of more than 30 sites across the state co-hosting innovative educator summits designed to help teachers share strategies and build teacher communities. “Better Together: California Teachers Summit” will be held from 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Friday in the university’s ...

OCEANSIDE  A program for adults with disabilities run by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside received a $2,500 grant. The grant for the ROADS program, aka Real Options for Adults with Disabilities came from the Fallbrook-based Legacy Endowment Community Foundation’s Elisabeth Wilson Endowment fund. The program provides classes, ...

The nearly 12,000 customers of western Encinitas' San Dieguito Water District can expect to soon start receiving bills every month, instead of once every two months. The billing change, which was approved unanimously by the Encinitas City Council last month in its role as the governing board of the water ...

ESCONDIDO  A pedestrian and bicycle bridge that will connect the Escondido Transit Center with the Barnes & Noble shopping center just to the west will likely be built in the next few years. The San Diego Association of Governments has awarded Escondido a $1.27 million grant to build the ...

VISTA  An 18-year-old Oceanside man accused of fatally shooting his roommate and wounding another man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder and other charges. Friends and supporters of the victims and those of the accused shooter, Calvin Glass, packed a Vista courtroom for Glass’ arraignment in the death of ...